BootX enhancement request

[Geert Uytterhoeven]

On Fri, 27 Aug 1999, Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 26, 1999, Tom Rini <trini at kernel.crashing.org> wrote:
> 
> >> Thus I can remove the nvram code from atyfb?
> >
> >Why?  It works fine on lots of older machines w/ ati cards and older MacOS
> >versions.  If you remove it I can garrenty people will notice and
> >complain.
> 
> We should get rid of it for atyfb once we have DDC working. According to
> Apple, all machines with ATI controllers are using DDC now. The nvram
> setting would still be useful for the older video controllers.

The NVRAM code should be separated from atyfb, so it can be used by all Mac
drivers.

Greetings,

						Geert

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Geert Uytterhoeven                     Geert.Uytterhoeven at cs.kuleuven.ac.be
Wavelets, Linux/{m68k~Amiga,PPC~CHRP}  http://www.cs.kuleuven.ac.be/~geert/
Department of Computer Science -- Katholieke Universiteit Leuven -- Belgium

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